God in the family

"You're a girl, Mommy. And I'm a girl too!" Mae reminds me almost daily. She's noticing that girls have longer hair, wear dresses and hair bows and that boys - don't. She's also learning about our family and where she belongs. The other day I was trying to teach her what "family" means while we were on vacation with Grammie, Grampy, Uncle Chris, Aunt Suzanne and two of her cousins. I started out asking her, "Mae, who's in our family?" She thought for a moment, "Umm..." as she clicked her tongue and stared at the ceiling to help her think of the right answer. At first I didn't think she had the right answer, but actually her answer was perfect. "God is in our family!" she finally replied. I explained that God gave us our family and started naming all of the family members she knows well. After I named a few she went back over the list and identified them as either a boy or a girl...she's putting that together very well!
I hope Mae and Nate always see God in our family.